VII by Thom

VII by Thom

A silent fable about the quest for inspiration in the face of crushing writer's block... Not to mention the world's scariest fan!

Death waits... But the Grim Reaper is beginning to lose patience! Famed author and rabbit-about-town Titus Caropin is stuck with a bad case of writer's block and keeps pushing back the release date on the seventh book in his best-selling series. He has run out of inspiration, and even all-night karaoke sessions with his buddies can't seem to bring the old magic back! But when Titus gets a visit from the Grim Reaper, his biggest fan who just wants an autograph (and Volume VII of his fave series), the mounting pressure to finish his latest book threatens to become unbearable.

A wordless meditation on death and the creative process, VII is existential slapstick at its best - showcasing both the fluid style and narrative ingenuity of first-time author Thom, who proves that the right picture can truly be worth a thousand words.

Winner of the Bédéis Causa Award for Best Debut Book.

In the year 1993, Thomas Blais-Leblanc was born in Montréal. From 2012 to 2015, he studied cartooning at UQO. During his senior year of high school, he began work on VII, which would eventually become his first professional book. Thom grew up on a steady diet of cartoons and European bande dessinée, and his already established style gracefully bridges the gap between Fred, Gotlib, and Chuck Jones' Looney Tunes.